LG G3 Beat/G3 s vs Galaxy S5 mini vs HTC One mini 2 size comparison

LG just unveiled the G3 Beat - the now obligatory scaled-down version of its G3 flagship, but eschewed the "mini" moniker, as the G2 mini release is still fresh in memory, and, frankly, despite the big-screen trend, calling a 5-incher "mini" would raise some eyebrows.

Yep, you heard that right, the new LG G3 Beat, which will be known as G3 s outside of Korea, flaunts a 5" panel with 720x1280 pixels of resolution. Given that its flagship sibling sports a 5.5" screen, shrinking the diagonal to 5 inches is a significant scaling, yet you can't call it a G3 mini by any measure. Indeed, when we look at the other "mini" flagship versions that were recently announced, like Samsung's Galaxy S5 mini, or the HTC One mini 2, the G3 Beat sports a much larger screen diagonal, as those two come with 4.5" panel.

Still, it is not the thickest of the trio, and is only a tad taller than the One mini 2, which falls in line with LG's excellent screen-to-phone size ratio tradition. In fact, LG brags that with the 74.1%, the G3 Beat/G3 s screen-to-body ratio "is the highest in the mid-tier smartphone segment," and looking at the dimensions below, we have every reason to believe it. Moreover, with the signature navigational keys on the back taken directly from the G3, and its laser autofocus system, the G3 Beat/s might fool more than a few users that think the flagship is too big, depending on the price range that LG tags on it.

I like the LG G3 beat, but I don't like the 8GB of internal storage space (yes even with the extra microSD card storage). I did read some specs list that strangely has it listed as 16GB's though. The thing that kills me though is they keep releasing these affordable devices primarily overseas like this, and the HTC Desire 816. It's like as if there isn't a huge market for affordable but higher spec devices here (hello Nexus, Moto X, OnePlus One, etc.). Those devices are only said to be releasing overseas with no news of it releasing here in the US.

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